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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1888
Page
6
The text notes Cuauncry Deprw coining Kathleen Mavourneen loans as uncertain long term promises. It describes Chinese interpreters in New York forming a trust requiring English and Chinese literacy. Over thirty English-speaking Chinamen assist in courts and plan to fix living rates while quitting interpreting at a loss.
Cornell University will establish practical horticulture as a prominent department. Professor L. H. Bailey of Michigan State Agricultural College has been called to the chair. Professor E. Benjamin Andrews of Brown University is elected to the chair of political economy and finance.
Mrs. Ramspett of Rochester New York once reputed worth 150000 dollars died a few months back. Her will set aside 95000 dollars for a mausoleum to hold herself her husband and children. She left nothing to her children and only 500 dollars to her grandson. The will was set aside.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell, now residing in Elizabethtown New Jersey, is noted as the first woman in the United States to prepare for and regularly enter the ministry. Her motherly appearance and pioneering life keep her regarded as a lasting influence among female clergy. Her exact age remains unknown to friends.
Dexter's best trotting time 2 16 was once recorded in gold. Gold smith Maid and St. Julien followed lowering the mark until Maud SS cut it to 2 083, a record that still stands. The time now sits with a gilt edge as horsemen foresee a two minute mile in the future.
John Langdon, who left his wife twenty years ago for another woman, agreed with the second wife to separate and return home. He wrote to his first wife, who agreed to remarry, but she refused. Langdon then shot himself, ending the attempt at reconciliation.
In New York Col. Nicholas Smith of Kentucky a renowned professional beauty and Horace Greeley daughter’s husband faced a compliment about his resemblance to George Washington. He replied with grave modesty stating Washington was a good and great man deserving the compliment.
Cuartes Berrer of Carrollton Ohio will change his tune after annoying Miss Jennie Fisher with whistling "Chippie Get Your Hair Cut" in public. She struck him with a rawhide in the post office and he vows to whistle only in private until welts heal.
A historic document from the Alfred era ends a millennium long occupancy as the Church of England reclaims land leased to the Crown in 888 for 999 years. The property reverts now after the term expiration, illustrating the enduring strength of law and governance.
Milwaukee labor congressman Henry Swahu speaks at an Anti-Poverty Society event in New York pledging dramatic moves once in power to dismantle Wall Street and extract value from all stocks nationwide.
An impassioned warning contrasts Western calls for swift action with Eastern reform efforts. The speaker threatens decisive, dramatic change if reform stalls, signaling a potential broad move to alter economic affairs. The tone emphasizes urgency and potential upheaval.
Miss Eliza A. Gardner of Union challenges a clergyman candidate for School Commissioner. She pledges to devote time to duties and to provide 600 dollars worth of school books to children of poor parents. She asks for prayers as well as votes from good citizens.
Naltie McCormick, two weeks at Watertown Alms House near Boston, attempted suicide by jumping into the Charles River above the dam. Mrs John Weldon and her Newfoundland dog saved her, after she previously swallowed poison and cut her arm four weeks earlier, narrowly escaping death.
Mrs Ashton Drake recounts a London political tale about Lady Randolph Churchill aiding Mr Ashmead Bartlett in his Westminster canvass. The story recalls a tradesman’s bribery insinuation and Churchill’s reply to involve Baroness Burdett Coutts.
A short quotation by Gladstone proclaims that woman attains perfection when she embraces her most womanly traits.
A New York Journal analysis traces decades of estate litigation in Surrogate Court where millions vanish in legal fees and disbursements. It cites cases from Parsee merchant Bomanjee Colah to Samuel Wood and Mary Irene Hoyt, noting fees drain heirs and sometimes end in costly gambits by famous lawyers and legislators.
A historical, descriptive piece explains a blizzard as a strong cold wind that blows over deep snow, moves and distributes it, and creates a vast, blinding, reshaping storm. It conveys the storm's sensory onslaught and the difficulty of staying oriented or seeking shelter amid the wind driven snow.
Detroit Free Press recounts a tall tale in which a poor old woman shelters a distressed traveler who turns out to be a magical figure. The encounter transforms the woman into a princess with wealth, servants, and a fairy tale ending, underscoring a moral about generosity to strangers.
Each player holds one of 635 013 559 600 possible cards per hand and the total variations among all players are unimaginably vast. Babbage estimated that even 1,000,000 men dealing one minute per deal for 100 million years would exhaust only 0.00001 of the possible card variations.
A Troy Telegram opinion cites Ernest Renan’s austere moralism in relation to a drama like the Abbess of Jonarre and notes public reactions to Davenport in La Tosca. It questions morals as crowds observe controversial works and public behavior by women and mothers in common spaces.
A Boston Globe fragment shows four year old Charlie ready for bed amid a dark cloudy night. He asks his mother if God forgot to hang the moon out tonight, a simple child’s reflection on the sky.
A reader from Our Vina asks who creates babies and what God does with them. The exchange reveals a child’s moral reasoning about birth and divine purpose in simple terms.
A parent recalls taking her five year old daughter to Bangor last summer. The girl, seeing ducks for the first time, stared quietly and then exclaimed that the ducks have long lips.
A four year old named Little Nellie asks her mother while riding near a cemetery how long it takes for gravestones to rise after burial. The child’s curious question adds a touch of whimsy to a somber setting.
A four year old boy Ralph cherishes his yellow cat Caffy despite its homely looks. He notes the cat has a pretty complexion and forms a fond memory of the pet.
In a light moment a child asks for a rocking chair when plans were mentioned to visit Little Rock, the state capital, for business. The exchange captures a family scene and a playful reminder of a child’s wish.
A six year old recalls Elisha the baldhead joke and asks why his hat is off. He resists heaven saying he does not want relatives there if it means giving up ginger snaps and oyster crackers after learning of a neighbor's child's death.
A Pompeii display in a museum case recalls a man dying on a November day in A D 79 with carved fear on his face and a girl covering her eyes. Nearby a dog with collar lies still in agony while a Pompeiian boy’s chalked message adds a grim note to the scene.
The note presents a quoted definition of the term den sist attributed to Saphir describing a man who harms others to gain advantage. The wording implies a predatory figure who extracts value from others for personal gain.
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